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[[File:Historian and scholar Jon Wiener on his podcast Start Making Sense with guest Green Party candidate Jill Stein.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Historian [[Jon Wiener]], host of ''[[The Nation]]'' magazine podcast ''Start Making Sense'', interviews [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] candidate [[Jill Stein]] in 2016.]]
'''Political podcasts''' are [[podcasts]] that focus on contemporary politics and current events. Most political podcasts maintain a connection with an existing media source such as a newspaper or magazine. They aim to inform or entertain or advocate a cause, usually for progressive causes, although there are some conservative podcasts. They are often cost-effective to produce, requiring minimal computer technology to operate. Their audiences are generally persons in interested in current events, and programs usually have a duration of a half hour to an hour.
==Background==
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| accessdate= September 17, 2016
| quote=... Slate’s Political Gabfest: Launched in 2005 and updated weekly, Slate’s political podcast is hosted by Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz. The three chat current events ....
}}</ref> Since then, many new programs have been created. Most political podcasts maintain a connection with an existing news source; for example, the podcast ''[[Start Making Sense (podcast)|Start Making Sense]]'' is closely allied with its parent publication, ''[[The Nation]]'' magazine.<ref name="twsTheNation1">{{cite web
| author= Jon Wiener, Bernie Sanders, John Nichols, others
| date= September 3, 2016
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*'''Ricochet''' for conservative audiences<ref name="twsWired1"/>
*'''Slate Political Gabfest''' with [[Emily Bazelon]], [[John Dickerson (journalist)|John Dickerson]] and [[David Plotz]]<ref name="twsDailyDot1"/><ref name="twsRedEye1"/><ref name="twsWired1"/><ref name="twsMediaPost7"/><ref name="twsPopSugar7"/>
*'''[[Start Making Sense (podcast)|Start Making Sense]]''' by ''[[The Nation]]'' magazine features historian [[Jon Wiener]]<ref name="twsTheNation1" /><ref name="twsTheNation3" /><ref name="twsTheNation2">{{cite web
|author1=Start Making Sense |author2=Jon Wiener
| date= September 8, 2016
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Political podcasts have experienced tremendous growth over the past few years, but activity may lessen after the 2016 presidential election in the United States. According to analyst Nicholas Quah of Harvard's [[Nieman Foundation for Journalism|Nieman Lab]], political podcasts can take one of two routes: either increasing the frequency of their broadcasts to cover rapid new developments, or approaching topics more thematically in an effort to make each episode "less disposable."<ref name="twsNieman1"/> He proposed a hybrid model in which content from disposable interview-type podcasts can be used to update the archives of thematically-oriented content.<ref name="twsNieman1"/>
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